Monthly Archives: July 2004

Poor bugger them

Posted on July 31, 2004 by Ken Parish

This morning’s SMH carries a special investigation into alleged large-scale multi-million dollar fraud and mismanagement in various NSW Aboriginal land councils. The scams mostly seem to involve deals and kickbacks with dodgy developers over valuable coastal development sites secured by … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | 7 Comments

A note to Blair and Bunyip

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Ken Parish

Now this is how you forensically carve up wankers like Phillip Adams.

Posted in Uncategorized | 18 Comments

Ethics and Sussex

Posted on July 30, 2004 by Ken Parish

Richard Ackland’s column in this morning’s SMH provides a succinct summary of the state of play in the Jackson commission of enquiry into James Hardie Industries’ manoeuvrings to effectively avoid legal liability for the mountain of asbestos exposure-related claims, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Law | 25 Comments

Big bad brother

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Wayne Wood

Thirty years ago, when I managed the local credit union I received regular requests ( if memory serves it was called a S263 query) from the Australian Taxation Office to search through financial records in an attempt to find those … Continue reading →

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Top End Sex

Posted on July 27, 2004 by Ken Parish

I can’t resist covering this story from the NT News: Territorians don’t mind an orgy and are not embarrassed to use sex toys, survey of sexual habits shows.

Posted in Miscellaneous | 11 Comments

Mea Maxima Culpa

Posted on July 26, 2004 by Ken Parish

Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. Apparently the ABC has finally been cowed and beaten by the Right Wing Death Beasts. And I have to confess I’ve been a (small) part of the problem by occasionally joining the chorus of criticism … Continue reading →

Posted in Print media | 85 Comments

A Currency Affair

Posted on July 26, 2004 by Ken Parish

(via Al Bundy) Currency Lad, a frequent, well read and provocative poster at this and other blogs, has launched out in his own right and started a solo blog. And not before time. He’s a welcome addition to the blogosphere, … Continue reading →

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